From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 14 14:37:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45EFA37B401 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:37:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62D5A43ED1 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:37:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBEMb6Je033255; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:37:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Alex Cc: Johnson David , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC From: phk@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:25:26 +0100." <9710634521.20021214232526@dds.nl> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:37:06 +0100 Message-ID: <33254.1039905426@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <9710634521.20021214232526@dds.nl>, Alex writes: >>>I don't feel this is a good decision. (I still have a 486, act as a >>>small server and a 286 witch is in storage) This basally means that >>>any one who doesn't have the latest processor can't install FreeBSD. > >> No it doesn't mean that. > >> FreeBSD still runs on all 386 family CPUs, the only difference is that >> if you want to run it on a 80386 you need to enable an option in >> your kernel config file. > >> It will out of the box run on 486 and anything later. > >It means that you can not install FreeBSD on a 386 unless you have a >486+ machine that can compile a new FreeBSD system and have a way to >get that version to the 386. "Too bad". -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message